The minute there's a map, there is no art. Paint by numbers is not art. Paint by numbers is a mechanical activity.

Say what you believe and see who follows.

Today, not starting is far, far worse than being wrong. If you start, you've got a shot at evolving and adjusting to turn your wrong into a right. But if you don't start, you never get a chance.

My problem with the search for the badge of real is that it trades your goals and your happiness for someone else's.

Every day I meet people who have so much to give but have been...frighten ed enough to hold it back. It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. You have brilliance in you, your contribution is essential, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do it, and you must.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

Most people don't see that they have options beyond what society tells them to do. That's the biggest problem. They honestly believe that compliance is the shortcut to success.